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There is also ARR which is "annual recurring revenue" and you should know that when people use ARR they usually are just making up numbers based on their current MRR (so lying). I've seen people announce their ARR after running their business for two whole months!
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That's not really "lying" — ARR is usually understood as your projected "Annual Run Rate". It's a useful metric, as long as it is understood that it is an estimate.

But, in all honesty, all RR numbers are estimates. MRR is also a "made up number" from a certain point of view: it is not equivalent to cash received every month, because of annual subscriptions, cancelations, etc.

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>But, in all honesty, all RR numbers are estimates.

Sure, but I would expect you to have at least one data point or at least near it, before making any estimates for that timescale. I don't see many people make MRR projections based on 2 days of of sales, it's just something I've noticed with startups and ARR.

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Rather than lying, I think of it more as financial dead reckoning.
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Obviously they are lacking the sigma hustle grindset.

Its like not having syphilis or cancer, its a good thing.

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They haven't also worked at a company where the meetings have MRR said like every 4 seconds. I'm so jealous of them
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Says the guy with almost 5k HN comments in less than 5 years
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I try to limit it to just 1-2 comments after my 4am ice facial and then no more than 4 comments while I am having my 3pm youth blood infusion.

Consistency is key for the grindset.

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Nothing some Ayahuasca and a trip to Joshua tree (make sure you do it in that order) wont fix.
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In what order do you recommend I fit that into my Burning Man itinerary?
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Not everybody who reads HN is well versed in business/entrepreneur oriented jagon.
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HN means HackerNews btw, for those 15 year accounts that don't know the jargon
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Yes. Clearly. But is the irony really lost on you?
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Haha ^^'.

Honestly, yes. I'm on HN for tech content, I don't really care about startups and the business side of things, even though sometimes there are interesting reads on this side as well. Also, it may very well be the case that I rediscover the meaning of MRR for the second or third time in sixteen years :).

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I'm jealous of you, like seriously, you somehow haven't worked at a company where a C suite says MRR like every 5th sentence in meeting.
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I was about to say: welcome to HN
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